Setting

Seagate - The Traditional Family

“The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, lies in its loyalty to each other.” -Don Vito Corleone

Historically, the traditionalists are the oldest, largest, and most prestigious family within the crime collective. Going back hundreds of years, they have had the opportunity to invest, reinvest, and grow their businesses and network for a very long time. By now they are old money, old power, and have remained that way through a strict structure of tradition, loyalty, and way of working that no one is allowed to deviate from. While they have been hit hard by the recent developments; their policy of strict loyalty has shielded them from the worst of it. Even if they lost a lot of profitable initiatives and associates, their core businesses are still intact. This means that, among the surviving families, they are still the largest and most influential. However, they are struggling with adapting to the changing times.

Criminal leanings

Known for Arms (smuggling), Blackmail, Fraud, Money laundering, Gambling, Bribery, 

Embezzlement, Extortion, Usury, Torture, Murder and Assault

Will not do Sexual Assault, Exploitation of minors, Enslavement and Imprisonment

Views on homophobia and sexism

The Seagate family has traditional views. Homosexuality is viewed as something that isn’t discussed and members of the family are not expected to be gay, and if they are, to not be open about it. Women are not expected to be part of leadership, they are expected not to be ambitious and cannot become head of the family. There are a couple of characters that have homophobia or sexist themes in their background and this can be part of the game within the family. 

View of the Other Families

The Goddaert Family: They are creative and well organized. Combine that with their affinity for the more modern crimes in and they would have been the perfect allies had they understood their place. Unfortunately, they aim far higher than what their station allows for, and they seem to have set their sights on some areas that traditionally belong to us, which makes them a threat.

The Renz Family: They should have been crushed years ago, but in the past they never seemed like a threat. A small, upstart family that crawled through the mud and gutters; never worth paying any attention to. Unfortunately, after all other families were decimated, they are suddenly a real player. They are reckless, dealing in crime that draws way too much attention, but it is too late to crush them now; a family war would endanger everyone. They must be dealt with in a less violent way.

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Goddaert - The Ambitious Family

"Fortune favors the bold" -Virgil

The ambitious family has spent the last few years growing as the slow adopters struggled to keep up with a changing world. They were early to embrace new markets, new technology and new ways of doing business, earning them a reputation for being practical, flexible and sometimes a little too eager to leave tradition behind.

Then came the raid.

The family survived it better than most expected. The businesses kept running, the money kept moving and their position remained strong. But they lost the person who had a talent for keeping everyone pointed in the same direction, and in his absence, cracks are starting to show.

The family is full of capable people with good ideas and strong opinions about where they should go next. Sometimes those ideas align. Sometimes they do not. With Vic behind bars, the business is slipping. They remain ambitious, impatient and convinced that their best years are still ahead. If they can get a grip.

Criminal leanings

Known for Designer drugs, Medicine, Arms trading, Blackmail, Fraud, Money 

Laundering, Forgery, Insider trading, Bribery, Embezelment, Extortion, Torture (for hire), Murder (for hire), Assualt, Kidnapping, Stalking, Intimidation, Hacking and Ransomware

Will not do Human trafficking, Gambling, Prostitution, Pornography, Burglary, Robbery, 

Arson, Animal cruelty or exploitation

Views on homophobia and sexism

The Goddaert family is ambitious and mainly has the view that it should not interrupt business, basically agreeing that traditional views are used when needed and being openly homosexual is frowned upon. They have the same view on sexism, but being a Goddaert by blood is the most important. The head of the family is a Goddaert by blood, and the first born is the next in line, gender is not important. The Goddaerts have a lot of legal business and want to stay uncompromised, especially in political positions. 

View of the Other Families

The Seagate Family: The traditional family is a dangerous but stagnant force. We respect their power, but we believe their rigid adherence to tradition makes them vulnerable to our more adaptive strategies. However, maybe we can learn something from their discipline and structure to strengthen our own position.

The Renz Family: The ragtag family is viewed with a mixture of amusement and disdain. They are a pawn to be manipulated, useful for creating distractions or undermining the traditional family. However, there is also a feel of an unexpected kinship with the Ragtag family’s underdog status, as their struggle for identity mirrors some of our past.

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Renz - The Rag Tag family

"They are big and I is small and that is not fair, oh no!"  -Calimero

The ragtag family has a history of being the biggest of the smaller families. As such, they made sure to gather the other smaller families around them so that they had a voice, a vote when it mattered. Unfortunately, they have been hit hard by the recent developments and had to change. They made the remnants of the other families part of theirs, either by marriage or by officially adopting the strays into their family. They just try to keep their head above water and try to find out how they can get back the influence they had before. The family is a loose, chaotic group of criminals, thriving on opportunism and short-term gains. They lack the resources and structure of larger crime families, but their unpredictability makes them hard to control.

Criminal leanings

Known for Classical drugs, Arms smuggling, Human trafficking, Blackmail, Money 

laundering, Gambling, Bribery, Embezzlement, Torture (for hire), Murder (for hire), Assault (for hire), Wetwork (for hire), Sexual assault, Exploitation of minors, Enslavement, Prostitution, Pornography, Burglary, Street crime, Dog fighting

Will not do Fraud, Forgery, Extortion, Tax evasion, Usury, Imprisonment, Intimidation, 

Arson, Hacking, Ransomware 

Views on homophobia and sexism

The Renz family does not care at all as long as it does not stand in the way of making money. At the same time, the Renz family consists of several other families with their own values so it can be different for every character. There are some traditions, and the head of the family should be a Renz by blood, but their gender or sexuality is of no importance. 

View of the Other Families

The Seagate Family: They have always had the power and probably always will. They are respected and well known, and never had any need to adapt to new strategies. It is an example of what the ragtag wants to achieve, a strong family structure which makes sure that they stay in control.

The Goddaert Family: They are too ambitious for their own good. They want more than their fair share and will do anything to achieve this. Although we can respect their ambition and understand what they want to do, this also means that they target our assets.

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